Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Set 308

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1759. 19" long:





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1760. 9" long, patented in 1951:

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1761. 10-1/2" long:























1762. Sent in by a visitor, text on it reads DC10, 767, and 380:























1763. The round part is 2" diameter, on Thursday morning take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:

























1764. Submitted by a visitor who is looking to find the purpose of this item, the jar has no bottom but is ground perfectly flat, it measures 5" diameter x 12" tall, the brass fitting is 3-1/2" x 11", the tube measures 5/32" I.D. and is grooved as if a tube would be attached. Brackets at the ends of the arms apparently would clamp 1/4" rods.






































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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Set 307

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1753. 17-1/2" long:






























1754. 22" long:

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1755. Submitted by a visitor, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a prize for the correct answer:



















1756. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify this tool:























1757. 8-1/2" square, this was marked as being used for a specific purpose:

























1758. 36" long:



































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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Set 306

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1747. Approximately 5" long:






The inside top and bottom both look the same:

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1748.Submitted by a visitor:

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1749. 10" long:
























1750. This template was made for a specific purpose:

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1751. Around 6" long:

























1752. Someone sent in this photo of an unidentified machine, it has one wheel with alphanumeric characters on it:

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Set 305

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1741. 4" long:




































1742. 6" tall, submitted by visitor who is looking to find the purpose of this box:




























1743. The cylinder is about 3" long:


















1744. 16" long, from the 1840's, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this device, where they are offering a prize for the correct answer and also for the funniest:

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1745. Approximately 11' tall:

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1746. 10-1/2" long, sent in by a visitor who would like to find the purpose of this box, it has the letters G E R stamped on the top, the words "Made in England" on the bottom, and sliding vents on both sides.


































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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Set 304

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1735. 3-1/2" diameter:

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It's open along the side, hard to see but it contains a couple of mirrors:





























1736. In the past few weeks two different visitors sent in these tools to be identified:




























1737. 18" long:


















1738. 10" tall:





















1739. 3-3/8" long:

























1740. Approximately 3" long:




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